Farm Worker

Job description

Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, and harvest cabbage, watermelons, pumpkins, and other vegetable crops.

Duties include tilling soil; transplanting; weeding; thinning; applying fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides; set up and operate irrigation equipment; clear and maintain irrigation ditches; monitor crops and determine harvest ready vegetables; identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers; record crop information such as pesticide use and harvest yield; cleaning, packing, and loading of harvested products.

Duties may also include field preparation; set up and maintain irrigation systems; perform hand cultivation activities such as planting seeds, plugs, thinning, weeding, and hoeing fields; load and unload supplies, boxes, containers, etc.; load and unload produce during harvest; farm maintenance such as repairing fences and farm buildings; operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow, and fertilize the soil or to plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops; operate, repair, and maintain farm vehicles (tractors, ATV, trucks, vans, and UTV), implements, mechanical equipment, and power tools.

Job duties vary during the contract period due to crop or market conditions. Workers are given specific instructions for each day's work. The job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable.

Sanitation requirements: When hand harvesting crops for human consumption, it is critical that all workers follow food and common personal safety sanitary practices at all times. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Employees are required to wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water before entering or re-entering the field for harvest activities.

Post-employment drug tests paid for by employer. Workers may receive salary increases and bonuses based upon merit, skill, and/or experience at the sole discretion of the employer. Overtime (at time and a half) will be paid after 60 hours per week.

Special Requirements

Due to the use of vehicles and heavy machinery, drug testing may be conducted post-hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. All workers may be subject to mandatory testing if they have been involved in a reportable accident or upon reasonable suspicion that drug use is impacting job performance.